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Wynn Mountain · 2,559 m · 4.7 km NE
Lake · Montana

Cracker Lake

1,808 m5,932 ft
Area
0.17 km²
Tonight
20°FPartly cloudy · Wind 6–9 mph WNW

Cracker Lake is a lake at 1,808 m above sea level in Montana, United States, 0.17 km² in area and 1.0 km long.

All facts
Surface elevation
1,808 m
Length
1.0 km
Shoreline
2.4 km
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Lake

Cracker Lake in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

1.0 km longest200 mN ↑
Shoreline
2.4 km≈30 min to walk around
3D map

Cracker Lake 3D map

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Surface
Vertical scale
Topographic map

Cracker Lake terrain and contours

50 m contours from the USGS 3DEP 10 m terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.

Index contours every 250 mShowing west → east through the centre

Cracker Lake elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Cracker Lake weather

Tonight · Partly cloudy · 20°F (-7°C) · 8% chance of precipitation · Wind 6–9 mph WNW

Cracker Lake forecast for about 2,075 m.

  • Tonight20°8%6–9 mph WNW
  • Sat19°31°10%7–12 mph SW
  • Sun18°25°4%9–13 mph ENE
  • Mon24°35°16%7 mph SSW
  • Tue20°31°61%12 mph W
  • Wed16°26°51%7–12 mph NW
  • Thu17°27°21%8 mph NW

Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 24, 00:21 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Cracker Lake

Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Cracker Lake, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.

  • Nearest campsite

    Cracker Lake Camps

    0.3 km SSW · +2 more within 6.3 km

    DirectionsMap

  • Nearest trailhead

    Siyeh Bend Trailhead

    5.1 km SSW · +2 more within 5.7 km

    DirectionsMap

  • Nearest parking

    5.1 km SSW

    +2 more within 5.3 km

    DirectionsMap
All mapped places 9
PlaceDistance
Cracker Lake CampsCampsite0.3 km SSW
Otokomi LakeCampsite4.6 km SE
Siyeh Bend TrailheadTrailhead5.1 km SSW
Parking5.1 km SSW
Parking5.2 km SSW
Parking5.3 km SSW
South Shore Josephine Lake TrailheadTrailhead5.4 km NNW
Piegan Pass North TrailheadTrailhead5.7 km N
Many Glacier CampgroundCampsite6.3 km NNW
Slope

Slope

Share of the 4 × 4 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.

Mostly steep: more than half the view is steeper than 30°, the angle of most avalanche terrain.

Gentle, 0–15°
5.9%
Moderate, 15–30°
24.3%
Steep, 30–45°
47.2%
Cliffs, 45° and over
22.6%
Steeper than 30°
69.8% of the 16 km² view
Relief in view
1,350 m low point 1,701 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Bare rock / sparse 61.5%Moss & lichen 18.1%Grassland 10.2%Trees 6.5%Snow & ice 2.1%Water 1.7%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Nearby summits

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 2 km of Cracker Lake.

NESW1 km2 km123
Summit list 3
  1. 1Cracker Benchmark2,992 m 1.4 km SSE
  2. 2Mount Siyeh3,052 m 1.8 km SSW
  3. 3Allen Mountain2,864 m 1.9 km NNW
Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 2 km; 118 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • Columbian Ground Squirrel12
  • Silky Phacelia10
  • Mountain Bog Gentian8
  • Glacier Lily7
  • Cutleaf Anemone6
  • Great blanketflower6
Where it sits

Where Cracker Lake sits

Region
Montana24United States932North America1,313
Protected area
Glacier National Park12
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Sources

Data sources

Terrain
U.S. Geological Survey, 3D Elevation Program (public domain)
Imagery
Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-08-28)
Land cover
© ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts
Wikidata (CC0)
Camping & parking, Geometry
© OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
Summits
© OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
Protected area
USGS Gap Analysis Project, PAD-US (public domain)
Wildlife
iNaturalist community observations, counts only
Panorama
Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Forecast
Weather forecast from NOAA National Weather Service (public domain)
Sources
Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia